Mirror supporting and adjusting device



(No Model.)

. W. P. TARBELL. MIRROR SUPPORTING AND ADJUSTING DEVIGE.

No. 443,733. v Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

VENDELL P. TARBELL, OF MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MIRROR SUPPORTING AND ADJUSTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,733, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed June 26,1890. Serial No. 356,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WENDELL P. TARBELL, of Milford, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirror Supporting and Adjusting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for supporting mirrors on bureaus or other articles of furniture in such manner that the mirror can be moved bodily in and out from the posi tion it usually occupies and can be adjusted at any desired angle, as shown in Letters Patent granted to French and Heald, assiguees of R. P. Elliott, June 3, 1890, No. 429,430.

The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in devices of this class lookingto economy of construction and a wider range of adjustment; and to these ends the invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of abureau provided with my improved mirror supporting and adjusting devices, the mirror-frame being shown as empty in order to show the tie vices behind it. Fig. 2 represents a back view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the mirror being moved back to its extreme rear position in both figures. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view showing the mirror moved out from its rear position.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, a represents abureau, and b 12 represent vertical standards, which are attached to and project upwardly from the rear portion of the bureau. Said standards may be parts of the frame that surrounds the mirror, as in the majority of bureaus in common use, or they may be independent supports or uprights arranged behind the mirror.

cl represents the mirror-frame, to the back portion of which are connected horizontal guide-rods e e, which extend across the back of the mirror. Said. rods are preferably connected to the mirror by means of ears f f, rigidly attached to the ends of the rods, and plates bent to form ears f f, connected by rivets f f to the ears f and flanges f f,

formed to bear on the back of the frame and attached by screws f 4 thereto, said ears f and f projecting into slots formed in the back of the mirror-frame. Said ears f f and rivets f constitute hinges or joints which permit the mirror-frame to swing as on a horizontal axis to vary its inclination.

c 0 represent arms or levers connected by hinges e' i to the standards I) b, one arm being connected to one standard and the other arm to the other standard. The hinges M are arranged vertically'to permit the armsc o to swing horizontally, and said arms are arranged at different heights, so that each can swing horizontally without interfering with the other. To the outer or swinging ends of the arms a c are affixed metal terminals 0, projecting beyond the ends of the arms. To the terminals 0' are connected by pivots jj two slides, which are here shown as composed of metal plates k, the ends of which are bent to form ears 70 k, the ears of one plate projecting downwardly, while those of the other plate project upwardly. The ears k are perforated to receive the guide-rods e and are adapted to slide freely on said rods lengthwise thereof. Each slide k, pivoted, as described, to the swinging ends of the lever c'and adapted to move upon the horizontal rods affixed to the back of the mirror, constitutes a jointed and sliding connection be tween the mirror-frame and the arm a, to which it is attached. The mirror can therefore be moved bodily outward from the standards b b, the swinging ends of the arms 0 and the slides Zc thereon approaching each other as the mirror is moved outwardly, said slides coming together when the mirror has reached its extreme outward position. The described connection between the arms 0 and the guiderods 6 permits the mirror to be turned as on a vertical pivot to bring either vertical edge forward of the other and thus cause the mirror to stand at various angles with the back of the bureau, so that, if desired, the mirror can be turned so that it will stand nearly or quite at a right angle with the back of the bureau or at any intermediate position between a right angle and a position parallel with the back of the bureau. The hinge-connection between the mirror-frame and the guide-rods e 6 enables the inclination of the mirror to be varied, as already described.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the mirror is capable of being adjusted to a great variety of positions, so that the user of the mirror can take advantage of any peculiarities of light and shade in the room where the mirror is located.

The arms 0 0 may be made of wood, thus making the construction cheaper than in devices where the parts are necessarily all of metal.

If desired, wooden blocks or slides may be substituted for the plates 7.: and ears 71:, said blocks being pivotally connected to the arms 0 and perforated to receive the guide-rods c.

Various other changes in the details of construction maybe made without deparlin from the spirit of my invention.

I claim 1. The combination of a mirror-frame or other like article, a horizontal guide or guides extending across the back of said frame, blocks or slides adapted to move longitudinally upon said guide-rods, and arms or levers pivoted at their inner ends to fixed supports and at their outer ends to said blocks or slides, as set forth.

2. The combination of fixed uprights or standards, two arms hinged thereto and adapted to swinghorizontally, blocks or slides connected by vertical pivots to the swinging ends of said arms, a mirror-frame or otherlike article, and horizontal guide-rods connected to said frame and adapted to slide lengthwise in the said pivoted blocks, as set forth.

3. The combination of the vertical standards or supports, the arms or levers hinged thereto and adapted to swing horizontally, the blocks or slides pivoted to the swinging ends of said arms, the mirror-frame, and the guide-rods connected by hinges or pivots to said frame, whereby the frame is adapted to tip to vary its vertical inclination, said guiderods being engaged with the pivoted blocks on the swinging ends of the lovers, as set forth.

4-. The combination of the standards I) I), the levers cc, connected to said standards by vertical hinges and provided at their outer ends with metal terminals 0', the plates 7s, pivoted to said terminals and provided with ears 7.2, the horizontal guide-rods e 6, adapted to slide through said ears and provided with ears f at their ends, and a mirror-frame to which said ears f are connected by horizontal pivots, as set forth.

5. As an improvement in mirror supporting and adjusting devices, the combination of the levers c 0, each adapted to be hinged at one end to a fixed support, the slides or blocks 7.: 7c, pivoted to the swinging ends of said levers, and the guide-rods passing through and adapted to slide in said blocks and provided with ears ff at their ends, adapted to be pivotally connected to a mirror -frame, as set forth.

(J. As an improvement in mirror supporting and adjusting devices, the combination of the lovers 0 0, each adapted to be hinged at one end to a fixed support,-the slides or blocks 7.: is, pivoted to the swinging endsof said levers, the guide-rods passing through and adapted to slide in said blocks and provided with ears ff at their ends, and the ears ff, pivoted to said earsff and provided with the flangesf j formed to bear on the back of a mirror-fran'ie, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 17th day of June, A. l). 1890.

\VENDELL l. 'lARBET-JL.

Witnesses:

J. M. TARBELL, .I. M. BAR'ILE'WF. 

